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Subject: [Net-Gold] Finding Ways to Better School African American Boys
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Finding Ways to Better School African American Boys
Group Proposes Mentors, Single-Sex Classrooms
By Lori Aratani
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 17, 2007; T03
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/15/
AR2007051502698.html>
A new report by a statewide task force
that paints a grim picture of how
African American male students are
faring in Maryland's public schools and
universities recommends strengthening
mentor programs, encouraging more black
men to be teachers and providing more
academic support for those who need it.
Two of the more controversial proposals
are suggestions to place troubled
students at black-majority high schools
into single-sex classes and to encourage
nonviolent offenders to be mentors to
students.
Black students make up 38 percent of
the state's public school population,
with the percentage much higher in some
regions. In Prince George's County, for
example, the amount is more than 75
percent, and in Charles County, it's
about 46 percent.
The Task Force on the Education of
Maryland's African-American Males found
that 10 years after a similar group
chaired by then-Del. Elijah E. Cummings (D)
studied the issue and offered recommendations
for change, little progress has been made.
"We acknowledge that at every level,
there's been a fundamental failure on
behalf of our African-American male
students and a persistent bias against
them. These recommendations are intended
to rectify both," the report says.
Dunbar Brooks, a Maryland State Board of
Education member who co-chaired the
task force, said it is also important to
understand that the recommendations
could help all groups of students who
are struggling.
The report cites several statistics to
bolster the contention that more needs
to be done. Of the 32,000 African
American boys in the 10th, 11th and 12th
grades eligible to take an Advanced
Placement exam in 2005, the report says,
only 1,229 did so. The report also notes
that in 2004-05, six of every 10
suspensions involved a black student.
The 49-member panel offers 18
recommendations, including taking steps
to reduce the number of African American
boys in special education programs;
creating mentorship and health programs
for children; and offering more academic
support.
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